Management of peripheral arterial disease in primary care
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The Management of Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) in Primary Care
Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) encompasses a range of non-coronary arterial syndromes that are caused by the altered structure and function of the arteries that supply the brain, visceral organs, and the limbs. Numerous pathophysiological processes can contribute to the creation of stenoses or aneurysms of the non-coronary arterial circulation, but atherosclerosis remains the most common dis...
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that can affect any artery of the body and can manifest clinically as ischaemic heart disease (coronary arteries), stroke (cerebral arteries) and peripheral arterial disease (PAD). PAD affects the arteries supplying the lower limbs below the level of the renal arteries. Diagnosis of symptomatic PAD is based on a triad of a positive history, absent pulses and reduced ankle brachial pressure indi...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.326.7389.584